STS Mir

STS Mir is a three-masted, full-rigged Russian ship.

Ship

• Type: Sail training ship
• Built by Stocznia Gdanska, Gdansk, Poland, as the third ship of a series of similar training ships in Gdansk in 1987. Her sisters are the "Druzhba" (1987), "Pallada" (1988), "Khersones" (1988) and "Nadezhda" (1989), some smaller is the first ship of this series, the "Dar Mlodziezy" (1981)
• Yard No: b810/02
• Ship's hull: Steel
• Launch Date: 31.3.87
• Date of completion: 11.87
• Overall length: 109.40 m
• Length (hull): 94.20 m
• Breadth: 14.00 m
• Draught: 6.40 m
• Tons: 2257
• DWT: 761
• Sail area: 2771 m2
• Main engine: Cigulski Sulzer 2 x 570 Pk, 1140 Pk
• Speed under power: 11.5 kn

History

• 1987 Named: Mir for the Admiral Makarov State Maritime Academy in St. Petersburg, the oldest higher educational instutution in Russia (founded in 1876) Registered port: St. Petersburg Flag: Russia
• Winters 1992, 1994 and 1995 a general overhaul of engine and rudder plant was carried out and nautical and technical control instruments were installed.

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  bow
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  welcome aboard
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  lines
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  ship's bell
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  bowsprit
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  helm
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  anchor chains
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  cadets
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  folding up the topsail of the mainmast
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  rigging
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  life buoy
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  Russian flag
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  Russian eagle
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  mainmast with lookout
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  climbing into the mast
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  maintenance of the yard
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  In Cherbourg during the Tall Ships' Race
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  the stern
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  the stern
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  the stern
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  the stern
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  masts
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  the stern
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  side
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  on-board
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  side behind some odd plastic sacs
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  view from the front
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  view from the front
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  bow
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  Mir in Hamburg 06.jpg
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  Mir in Hamburg 06.jpg
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  Mir Hamburg 14.01.2007
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  Mir Hamburg 14.01.2007
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  Antwerpen, August 2006
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  Mir Travemuende 15.09.2007
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  Parade during Tall Ships' Races, Gdynia, 2009-07-05
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  Parade during Tall Ships' Races, Gdynia, 2009-07-05
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  Parade during Tall Ships' Races, Gdynia, 2009-07-05
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  Parade during Tall Ships' Races, Gdynia, 2009-07-05